The unbalanced Shinomiya Tano brought down Jinguji Budou who was running without the ball, and the sound of the two hitting the floor touched the hearts of all the spectators. Sendoh and Fujima both looked in the direction of the sound, and saw that Shinomiya Tano and Budou were unable to get up immediately, and their eyes suddenly shrank.
"Sendoh! Fujima! Defend! Don't look around, the referee didn't blow the whistle!"
When Shinomiya Tano and Takeshi fell down, almost everyone's attention was on Tano and Takeshi, but Coach Takeo was very sober and immediately focused his attention on Miyagi who had the ball.
However, Fujima Kenji's distraction was caught by Miyagi Ryouta. When Coach Tiangang reminded him, the basketball had turned into a red light and flew into Mitsui Hisashi's hands.
Unlike other people on the court, the players of Shohoku High School, who were lagging behind, were not paying attention to Wudao and Tano at this moment. For Mitsui and others, what they had to do was to seize every opportunity to score a goal!
In front of Sendoh, Mitsui Shou shot directly from one meter outside the three-point line. Mitsui Shou's eyes were firm and there was a confident smile on his face. This smile was not only confident, but also calm. The 11-point gap did not cause him any so-called pressure at all.
82:90.
“In!
Three-pointer! Mitsui Shou's three-pointer! "
"Nice shot! Mitsui!"
There was an explosion of cheers in the stands, and the crisp sound of the net hitting the target drew the audience's attention back to the game.
Jinguji Takeshi supported himself on the ground with both hands, lowered his head and looked at the floor. Everything in front of him was dark, and the strong dizziness made him want to retch. It had been a long time since Takeshi had felt the discomfort of exhaustion.
The cheers of the audience reached his ears, Wudao raised his head and looked towards the scoreboard. The score difference was narrowed to 8 points, and there was still 1 minute and 57 seconds left. In terms of time, there was still a chance!
“Heh… heh…”
"Really... I'm being dragged down by you!"
"You bastard!"
Wudao supported himself on the ground and tried to stand up, but his body was so limp that he couldn't stand up at all. Shigong Tianye's condition was not much better than Wudao's, and was even worse than Wudao's. He lay on the ground with his arms and legs spread out, gasping for breath. When he heard Wudao's words, he grinned.
"In this game, the winner will definitely be us, Ryonan!" Shimonoseki shielded his eyes with his hands. The brightness of the spotlights in the venue was a bit dazzling, and his eyes were not very comfortable being illuminated.
"..." Wu Dao did not respond. He looked at Mitsui and Miyagi who were walking towards him and preparing to support him, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Hey, are you okay, Takeshi?" Mitsui Shou walked to Takeshi, bent down and supported Takeshi's arm. His strength alone was not enough, so Miyagi San supported Takeshi's other arm, and the two of them worked together to help Takeshi up.
"Nothing happened, but it's up to you from now on!" The substitutes of Xiangbei have already rushed into the court, and Shimono Yamada has been helped up by the players of Ryonan.
The game also entered the official suspension time at this time.
"What you mean is..." Mitsui Shou looked at Wu Dao's tired face, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart, and asked uncertainly.
"As you can see, I couldn't stay on the court for the rest of the game."
"But you don't have to worry too much. That guy is not much different from me."
Wudao grinned. At this time, Shinomiya Tano was surrounded by a group of people from Ryonan, who were asking about his well-being. However, judging from his appearance, he probably couldn't sustain the rest of the game.
"..." Mitsui Shou looked solemn, turned his head and carefully looked at Shigong Tianye's condition, knowing that there was no problem with martial arts. However, his face did not show any joy because Shigong Tianye could not hold on in the game.
The ace players of both teams have exhausted their physical strength. For Ryonan, this is not a bad thing but a good thing!
Because, in terms of bench depth, Ryonan High School is much more solid than Shohoku!
"Budo... go off the field and take a rest. In the next game, let Kakuta replace you." Coach Anzai had already pushed aside the crowd around Budo and walked into the field. Looking at Budo's condition, he made the decision to make a substitution in a deep voice.
"I'm sorry, Coach Anxi."
Wudao murmured and turned to look at Kadota. Seeing that Kadota looked nervous, he stretched out his arm and patted him on the shoulder. His weak palm slapped Kadota's body, causing the originally nervous Kadota to tremble suddenly. He looked at Wudao and his body stopped shaking.
"Come on, Kakuda."
"Don't give up. Follow Mitsui Shou and fight back ball by ball. There is still a chance!"
After Wudao finished speaking, he was helped to the rest area by his teammates. At the same time, Ryonan High School also made a substitution. Shinomiya Tano was also substituted off the court. He was replaced by the tall and strong Guan Ping. At the decisive moment, Fukuda Yoshitaka also left the court, and Hanagata returned to the court.
At this time, the lineup of Ryonan High School was strictly speaking three big and two small. Center Yuzumi, power forward Hanagata Toru, overlapping positions, Guan Ping who was also a power forward, guard Fujima and small forward Sendoh.
The average height of the team is over 190cm.
On the Xiangbei side, since Kogure Konobu was exhausted and left the court, Coach Anzai did not consider the other side at all when substituting him for Budou. The players on the court now are young players led by Mitsui Hisashi.
Mitsui Hisashi, Akagi Takenori, Chiba Daishi, Miyagi Ryouta and Kakuda Satoru who just came on the court.
In terms of defensive arrangements, Coach Anzai did not make any adjustments at all. He just arranged for Kakuta Satoru to keep an eye on Guan Ping who had just come on the court. Xiangbei still maintained its original defensive strategy.
It’s not that Coach Anxi doesn’t want to make any targeted adjustments, but the current lineup conditions of Xiangbei High School do not allow him to make any imaginative adjustments.
In Coach Anzai's opinion, the moment Jinguji Budou walked off the court, Shohoku High School had already lost the possibility of winning.
Yes, Coach Anzai also knew that Mitsui was very good. Before Jinguji Budo entered Shohoku High School, Mitsui was the one who supported Shohoku's offense. But it was precisely because Coach Anzai knew Mitsui and was clear about Mitsui's ability that he did not think that Mitsui could lead Shohoku to victory.
Of course, Coach Anxi was just thinking about this in his mind and he would never say it out loud. What he gave to his players was still encouragement, encouraging them not to give up.
"I never thought that both Jinguji Takeshi and Shinomiya Tano would be eliminated due to exhaustion. It was really embarrassing!"
"The players of Sannoh would not be in such an embarrassing situation. Ryonan actually played against a team of this level like this, and they were able to beat Sannoh. They were really lucky!"
In the stands, some spectators looked at Jinguji Takeshi and Shinomiya Tano who were helped off the court by their teammates with gloating expressions on their faces. They were supporters of Sannoh and had been brooding over Sannoh's loss to Ryonan. Similarly, they were also very angry at Shinomiya Tano, because it was the man who led the team to defeat Sannoh, whom he favored.
In front of the audience, a red-haired boy couldn't help but prick up his ears and twitch slightly when he heard this. Beside him, Mito Yohei, Takamiya Nozomi and others all turned their heads to look over. Their eyes were filled with murderous intent, which scared the audience and made him shut up decisively.
Seeing that the other party didn't say any more nonsense, Yohei turned around, patted Sakuragi's shoulder, and comforted him: "Hanamichi, calm down."
After saying this, Yohei whispered in Sakuragi's ear: "Haruko is still here."
Yohei's consolation was actually useless, but the name "Haruko" calmed down Sakuragi's anger. Hanamichi turned his head and glanced at Haruko's worried expression, forcing a smile on his face, and comforted Haruko:
"Haruko, don't worry, Xiangbei will definitely be able to turn the tables."
"Doesn't Xiangbei still have your brother? The gorilla will definitely have a way."
"Don't worry, Haruko."
Sakuragi Hanamichi couldn't find any words to comfort Haruko. His consolation seemed a bit lame and couldn't even fool an outsider.
Akagi? Akagi was severely suppressed by Uozumi and Hanagata in this game. Not to mention taking the initiative to attack, he was completely at a disadvantage in the fight for rebounds. The only reason he stayed on the court was because of his defense, and also because Xiangbei had no replacement players.
"Thank you, Sakuragi."
"But... But Xiangbei."
Haruko didn't finish her words. She understood basketball and had watched a lot of it. Haruko knew very well that Shohoku still had lost the biggest chance to turn the tables. She couldn't imagine Shohoku turning defeat into victory.
On the court, players from Ryonan and Shohoku returned to the court. The ball was in the hands of Ryonan High School. Kenji Fujima, who received the ball from his teammate in the backcourt, slowed down the pace of his advance.
"Don't be impatient, we have a big advantage, the game time is less than two minutes, play steadily and score every goal!"
"The situation is in our favor!" Fujima was neither impatient nor anxious. He was planning to attack against time. Ryonan had 30 seconds to attack and was leading by 8 points. If they played the full time for every ball, there would only be three rounds of attack and defense. As long as Ryonan could grasp the opportunity well, they would not lose!
"Press the entire court! Grab the ball! Miyagi, press forward!" Mitsui Hisashi obviously knew that time was extremely tight for their Xiangbei team. He didn't want to let Fujima waste time at all, and immediately led his players to press forward.
Seeing this, Fujima threw the ball to Sendoh before Miyagi arrived. At this moment, Fujima didn't want to take any risks and chose the safest way of playing.
Sendoh received the ball and quickly crossed the midline. He was not in a hurry and did not approach the three-point line with the ball, waiting for Yuzumi and others to get into position in the interior. At this time, Mitsui Shou came in front of him and stole the ball without saying anything.
Sendoh dribbled the ball from behind and easily avoided Mitsui's steal, but Mitsui, who failed to make a hit, pressed forward and compressed Sendoh's dribbling space, making Sendoh quite uncomfortable.
"The defense is very active and the movements are still agile. Mitsui's physical fitness is still good." Sendoh instantly judged Mitsui's condition and raised the ball, wanting to pass it to Guan Ping.
"Don't even think about it!" Sendoh's intention to pass the ball was seen through by Mitsui. He just raised his hand, and Mitsui slapped the basketball directly, forcibly knocking the ball from Sendoh's hand.
"Oh no!" Xiandao Tongkong suddenly shrank and turned around to grab the basketball.
The basketball flew out, Mitsui Hisashi leaped up, fell to the ground, and caught the ball directly under his body. At the same time, Miyagi Ryouta quickly approached to receive the ball, and without any hesitation, Mitsui Hisashi passed the ball directly.
Mitsui Shou, who had fallen to the ground, quickly got up and started running. At this moment, the basketball had already been taken across the center line by Miyagi.
Something strange happened on the court, but at this moment, Jinguji Budou didn't even have the strength to look up to watch the game. He covered his head with a sweat towel, hunched over and lowered his head, sitting on the bench. The sweat that seeped out of his body gathered into columns of sweat, which flowed down under the influence of gravity.
“Damn it… Damn it!”
"Such an embarrassing situation actually happened to me, bastard! Bastard!"
Takeshi Jinguji placed his hands on his knees and unconsciously clenched them into fists. However, he really had no strength and his fists were not solid.
"That Shinomiya Tano is really a terrifying player. He was able to force Budo into such a situation."
"In the second half, Wu Dao didn't have any outstanding performance. That player was able to use close defense on Wu Dao for 18 minutes and wore him down. His physical strength is really terrifying."
"Since this kid joined Shohoku, this is the first time I've seen a martial artist run out of energy."
"You must be blaming yourself right now. If you still have enough energy at this moment, Ryonan High School, which has lost Shinomiya Tano, will definitely not be able to stop you."
Coach Anxi paid attention to the situation on the court while paying some attention to Wudao. He saw Wudao's fist that he wanted to clench but couldn't, and Coach Anxi knew that Jinguji Wudao must be very unwilling in his heart.
"Swish!" A light sound came from the field, and Coach Anxi retracted his gaze and looked towards the court.
On the scoreboard, the numbers jumped and the score between the two teams reached 85:90. The remaining time became 1 minute and 36 seconds.
Mitsui Shou made a fast break three-pointer and quickly returned to defense amid the cheers of the audience and substitutes. His score finally attracted the attention of the Ryonan players again. Fujima and Sendoh made a quick decision with just a simple eye contact.
It was still Ryonan's attack that suppressed the time. This time, the Ryonan players did not make any low-level mistakes. Sendoh and Fujima teamed up to control the attack time. Sendoh made a mid-range shot when the time jumped to 1 minute and 7 seconds.
Sendoh is also a clutch player. He made a quick stop jump shot in time and the ball went into the net in front of Mitsui Hisashi. The score between the two teams was refreshed again to 85:92, and the difference returned to 7 points.
"As long as Sendoh is here, and as long as Fujima doesn't lose his composure, Ryonan will never lose!"
"If it were in the past, I would never use all my energy to defend and let my teammates decide the outcome of the game."
"But... Jinguji Budo, as long as it is someone who can defeat you and your Shohoku, I am willing to be the one who supports my teammates in the dark!"
"Cheers, applause, praise, honor, I don't need any of these!"
"As long as we can win! As long as we can win!"
Shigong Tianye tried to raise his head. Although he was tired, he still managed to smile. His eyes were bright and determined. Although he was powerless to cheer for Sendoh and the others, he knew that Ryonan would be able to win soon!
“Swish!”
However, the next second, with a slight sound, Shinomiya Tano's smile froze on his face.
Between offense and defense, Xiangbei High School launched a fast break counterattack.
Mitsui Hisashi received the ball and shot it directly from the top of the arc. This time, he shot the ball steadily into the net despite the defense of Sendoh and Fujima Kenji, and the score came to 88:92.
And only 7 seconds had passed, and there was still 1 minute left in the game, a full 60 seconds.
Mitsui's three-pointer also made the hearts of the Ryonan players rise.
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